Seleucus
Americannoun
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The king’s Asian empire, alas, proved even more ephemeral than Alexander’s: within six months all his appointed governors were deposed, and Seleucus II was crowned in Babylon.
From Literature
In classical Greece, Seleucus of Seleucia was the first to relate the pull of the moon with the rise and fall of the ocean.
From New York Times
Soon after 321, Macedonian supremacy beyond the Indus collapsed before the advance of the native Maurya dynasty, and about 303 even large districts west of the Indus were ceded by Seleucus.
From Project Gutenberg
He soon, however, roused the jealousy of the successors of Alexander; and Seleucus, Cassander and Lysimachus united to destroy Antigonus and his son.
From Project Gutenberg
"Watch if it soothes 'em any," he said to Seleucus Thoms.
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